Joel Auerbach/Getty ImagesDevils' coach Pete DeBoer uses the phrase "swarm it up" that his players have taken for a playoff mantra.

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Devils coach Pete DeBoer is behind the phrase "Swarm It Up" that is the team's playoff mantra and is printed on the back of players' new tee-shirts and sweat shirts.

"That's one of the things that comes out of our coach's mouth the most," goalie Martin Brodeur explained. "I think that's the way we play defense. Try to play well and outnumber people in the corners of the ice.

"He always uses that term, so we figured we're going to use that for our slogan in the playoffs."

Then there are the dice above the slogan.

"We have 16 dots. That's for 16 wins (necessary to win the Stanley Cup)," Brodeur said, adding, "We might have to gamble to win one of these games..."

Brodeur was reminded that the Devils used to play off Exit 16 W of the New Jersey Turnpike when they were at the Meadowlands.

Clemmensen's only Stanley Cup appearance was in relief of Brodeur in Game 1 of the 2006 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Carolina Hurricanes. Brodeur was pulled in the 6-0 loss and Clemmensen played seven minutes.

He faced three shots in the game in Raleigh, N.C., and did not allow a goal.

"I remember it was in Carolina. That's all I can remember," Clemmensen said today.